Bed-bottom hanger



DON CARLOS TRAVIS AND FRANK KUSTERLE I BED BOTTOM HANGER.

APPLlCATION FILED MAR. is, 1918.

1,336,397, Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DON CARLOS TRAVIS AND FRANK KUS'IERLE, GF KENOSHA, VVISOONSIN, ASSIGNORST SIMMONS COMPANY, OF KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

BED-BOTTOM HANGER.

Application filed March 18, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DON CARLOS TRAVIS and FRANK KUsTERLE, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Kenosha, in the county of Kenosha andState of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBed-Bottom Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in bed bottom hangers and hasspecial reference to a type of hanger designed to support the frame of abed spring upon the usual side rail which connects the head and footends of the main bedstead frame. The invention is of particular servicein connection with that type of bed bottom frame in which there areemployed a pair of tubular side frame members which are located parallelto and adjacent to the side rails of the main bedstead frame.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide an improvedconstruction by which the bed bottom frame may be securely andconveniently hung or supported in the main bedstead frame; to provide aconstruction of the class described which may be constructed ofrelatively cheap material such as sheet metal stampings; to provide aconstruction which will admit of use in connection with a reversed siderail of the angle iron type as well as in connection with such a rail inits usual position; to provide a construction which shall be simple andeconomical in design of manufacture, and in general, to provide animproved bed bottom hanger of the character referred to.

In the single sheet of drawings which illustrate a preferred embodimentof our invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a bedsteadequipped with our invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view ofone of the two principal parts of thedevice, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the other principal part of theconstruction.

In Figs. 1 and 2, 10 represents the foot or head end of a metal bedsteadof a continuous post type, the said end being connected to the other endof the bedstead by means of the usual side rail 11, the latter being ofthe customary angle iron construction as shown best in Fig. 3. The siderail 11 is connected Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

Serial No. 223,078.

to the corner casting or frenching 12 on the bed end by means of a block13 cast on the end of the side rail which block has the usual dovetailedinterlocking engagement with the frenching 12 as shown at 14: (see Fig.1.)

In the present instance the bed spring which is to be supported by theside rails 11 of the bedstead, comprises a wire link fabric indicated at15 in Fig. 1, the said link fabric being stretched between a pair ofangle iron cross pieces 16 by means of a series of helicals 17. Thecross pieces or end angle irons 16 are maintained a proper distanceapart by means of a pair of side tubes 18 which constitute the principalmembers of the bed bottom frame, the said side tubes 18 having theirends suitably flattened as at 19 and riveted to the horizontal flange ofthe angle iron 16 as shown at 20. In order to prevent the underside ofthe spring fabric from touching the stretcher tubes, or frame members 18when the surface of the spring is depressed by the weight of anoccupant, the ends of the tubes 18 are provided with oblique offsets asshown at 21 by reason of which the spring is considerably elevated abovethe level of the horizontal portions of the side tubes 18.

According to the preferred embodiment of our invention herein described,the tubes 18 are supported or hung upon the angle side rails 11 by meansof the hangers or brackets designated as a whole 22. Such brackets ,orhangers include the two principal parts 23 and 2 1 which are constructedof relatively cheap material such as sheet steel stampings. As shown inFig. 3 the upper member 24. has one of its ends conform to fit the outersurface of the tube 18 and the lower member 23 has its adjacent endsimilarly shaped. The other ends of the said two members 23 and 2a aresuperposed one above another as shown in Fig. 3, and the said two partsare securely united to the tube 18 by means of a diametric rivet or pin25 which is headed over at each of its ends as shown, in order to holdsaid parts securely in position. The outer end p0r tions of the parts 23and 24: are connected together in order to hold them properly in lineand to prevent the superposed portions from separating one from theother. Such connection in the present instance comprises a turned downlug portion 26 on the upper member 24:, the said lug 26 being providedwith a rectangular perforation as shown at 27 to admit a smallhorizontal rectangular lug or tongue 28 on the outer end of the lowermember 23.

Besides serving as a lock for the outer end of the lower part 23, theturned down lug portion 26 of the upper member 24: also serves as apositioning member for preventing lateral displacement of the hangerrelative to the side rail 11. This feature is shown clearly in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings. The hanger is equally efficient When used in connectionwith a reversed rail as indicated by dotted line at 29 in Fig. 3.

The described details of the invention are capable of certainmodifications manifest to those skilled in the art, in view of which itwill be understood that the scope of the invention is not necessarilylimited to the precise arrangement of the parts described, but should bedetermined by reference to the appended claims.

e claim as our invention- 1. In a device of the class described, thecombination of a side rail, a side tube having a transverse perforation,a pair of sheet against rotary movement around the axis.

of said tube. 7

2. The combination of a side rail, a side tube, a pair of superposedsheet metal parts having adjacent end portions each formed to embracethe side tube and having opposite end portions extending outwardly fromthe tube horizontally in superposed relation and mechanicallyinterlocked together to prevent relative movement thereof and asubstantially vertical pin extending through said tube and saidembracing portions for preventing movement of said parts on said tube,the said mechanical interlock comprising a turned down perforated lug011 one of said members and a tongue on the other member extendinghorizontally into and substantially fitting said perforation.

DO CARLOS TRAVIS.

FRANK KUSTERLE.

